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for mitt romney anyway. he has made this a base election in the past. this is still a fight for really how many people in each party can't candidates turn out of their own. >> so chip another big number is 5. that's the number of days according to the ap that mitt romney did not have a public campaign event and was basically fundraising. so as you say he needs to get out there, he needs to get back into retail politics. is he taking these big swipes off the campaign trail that hurt him in the long run? >> i think some of those days, too, he did a lot of debate prep over the last couple of days. he knows the debates will be a big issue for him coming up. noah spent 40 days in an ark. if he can they can spent 40 days in a bus. the turnout is going to matter. if this is going to be a base election energize the base. best way to do that show up in your neighborhoods. >> tell you one thing, chip, american people aren't going to show up like noah's ark like these guys have on the bus with them. they're going to be
for mitt romney anyway. he has made this a base election in the past. this is still a fight for really how many people in each party can't candidates turn out of their own. >> so chip another big number is 5. that's the number of days according to the ap that mitt romney did not have a public campaign event and was basically fundraising. so as you say he needs to get out there, he needs to get back into retail politics. is he taking these big swipes off the campaign trail that hurt him in...
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that is mitt romney's -- one of the mitt romney's quintessential weaknesses. the other is that he doesn't play by the same rules, his tax returns in the cayman islands and all that kind of stuff. a good interview on "meet the press." he was very much on message. that is not a good thing to say. you want to reassure the american people with him it's going to look like he's backtracking. >> i'm going to step up what you said. i think not only did mitt romney do a great job. david gregory, it was a very, very informative interview. we did get insight into things. michael, with you, is governor romney suddenly re embracing romney care? >> what i hear him doing is embracing the popular aspects of the president's plan. i wish there had been a follow-up question asked of governor romney, and it would have been this. how do you pay for or how do you ensure insurance companies are affording coverage for pre-existing conditions and affording coverage for younger americans if you're getting rid of the individual mandate? because it seems to me you can't parse the preside
that is mitt romney's -- one of the mitt romney's quintessential weaknesses. the other is that he doesn't play by the same rules, his tax returns in the cayman islands and all that kind of stuff. a good interview on "meet the press." he was very much on message. that is not a good thing to say. you want to reassure the american people with him it's going to look like he's backtracking. >> i'm going to step up what you said. i think not only did mitt romney do a great job. david...
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mitt and ann romney also donated about $4 million to charity. the romney camp also says the former governor paid an average annual tax rate of about 20.2% between 1990 and 2009. that's in that summary document. meanwhile, at a rally in virginia, president obama defended his remarks about changing washington from the outside and attacked his opponent. >> now for some reason, my opponent got really excited. [ laughter ] >> we wrote a speech real quick. he stood up at a rally, proudly declared, "i'll get the job done from the inside." what kind of inside job is he talking about? [ applause ] >> romney struck the inside-out theme as well in las vegas. take a look. >> he all raised the white flag of surrender again just this week. he indicated that he can't fix washington from the inside. it can only be fixed if the outside, he said. that's great because he's going to get that chance in a moment to be able to fix it from -- [ applause ] >> all right. let's dig in over your saturday coffee. joining me white house reporter for the "washington post," da
mitt and ann romney also donated about $4 million to charity. the romney camp also says the former governor paid an average annual tax rate of about 20.2% between 1990 and 2009. that's in that summary document. meanwhile, at a rally in virginia, president obama defended his remarks about changing washington from the outside and attacked his opponent. >> now for some reason, my opponent got really excited. [ laughter ] >> we wrote a speech real quick. he stood up at a rally, proudly...
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of course, his trip comes on the heels of mitt romney's trip. mitt romney traveled there on friday. the white house making the point that president obama had his plans in place before he knew about mitt romney's plans. but once he finishes in louisiana, he is right back on the campaign trail heading to ohio and virginia, as you pointed out, and then to charlotte for the dnc. alex? >> kristen, do we know about the state of the president's speech on thursday, if it's still a work in progress, what he may be doing or leaving to his speech writers? i always love hearing that behind-the-scenes stuff if you have any insights? >> reporter: absolutely. it is so fascinating. it is still a work in progress, according to my sources. white house press secretary jay carney telling us that president obama is engaged in the writing and the preparation of the speech. he is working with his speech writers on this behind the scenes while he's off the campaign trail. of course,s this is a hugely important speech in part because mitt romney, according to political analysts, really did largely what he n
of course, his trip comes on the heels of mitt romney's trip. mitt romney traveled there on friday. the white house making the point that president obama had his plans in place before he knew about mitt romney's plans. but once he finishes in louisiana, he is right back on the campaign trail heading to ohio and virginia, as you pointed out, and then to charlotte for the dnc. alex? >> kristen, do we know about the state of the president's speech on thursday, if it's still a work in...
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and for worst week, i'll have to go with mitt romney. this is the week that we really saw this narrative solidify that he is just, he's down and out. and when i was with him in ohio, i was looking for signs that he's doing something to turn it around. that he knows what he wants to do to get out of it, and i'm just not seeing those signs. >> and your article in the atlantic certainly gave me a clue that you were going to go with that for the worst week. i got that one. okay, margie, how about yours? >> for best week, i'm going to go with women voters. i wrote a piece on "huffington post" about ten days ago. you've really seen this since, that women are really driving the surge in obama's polling numbers. a double digit, at times a ten or higher gender gap. and when a democrat leads and a democrat benefits from a high gender gap, then a democrat wins. it's higher than average that we see in presidential campaigns. >> okay. worst? >> paul ryan. paul ryan, he -- you know, he hasn't really changed his debate at all. he's not helping in wisco
and for worst week, i'll have to go with mitt romney. this is the week that we really saw this narrative solidify that he is just, he's down and out. and when i was with him in ohio, i was looking for signs that he's doing something to turn it around. that he knows what he wants to do to get out of it, and i'm just not seeing those signs. >> and your article in the atlantic certainly gave me a clue that you were going to go with that for the worst week. i got that one. okay, margie, how...
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so what does president obama do that mitt romney didn't? and then i think it is to really sketch out a clearer picture of what he would do in a second term. i don't think he's done that. i don't think mitt romney has offered a clear vision for what he would do. and so i think there's a real opening here for the president to capture the imagination of the voters once again. i don't know what it is that he can propose or how he can package his economic plan but that's what people are looking for. they want to be excite body this election and about his candidacy. >> okay. eleanor clift and anne kornblut, good to see you both, ladies. >>> now to number four on our list of the first five web stories president obama says he is still a clint eastwood fan even after the skit criticizing the white house. he told "usa today," in fact, clint eastwood is a great actor and an even better director. he also said, quote, one thing about being president or running for president, if you're easily offended, you should probably choose another profession. 0 a l
so what does president obama do that mitt romney didn't? and then i think it is to really sketch out a clearer picture of what he would do in a second term. i don't think he's done that. i don't think mitt romney has offered a clear vision for what he would do. and so i think there's a real opening here for the president to capture the imagination of the voters once again. i don't know what it is that he can propose or how he can package his economic plan but that's what people are looking for....
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i mean, mitt romney did what he wanted to do. he spent a lot of time introducing himself personally. they think they smooth the edges around paul ryan's plan. but there wasn't a great on rush of support for mitt romney where the president and democrats wanted with this convention to show people -- the policies they had been convinced weren't working. if they did that, something mitt romney is going to chip away from in the last couple of weeks. >> we were saying this is a situation where these polls come in a couple days after, so this poll does not reflect either president obama's speech at the convention or the new jobs number that came out yesterday morning. could we see a change there, and do you think his speech hurt him even though, i guess you would say, the reviews were mixed. is it likely he will take a hit because of it? >> the speeches and the relative quality thereof aren't always related to the size of the poll bounce. bill clinton's speech at the conventi, i don't think people can point to lines that stuck out but t
i mean, mitt romney did what he wanted to do. he spent a lot of time introducing himself personally. they think they smooth the edges around paul ryan's plan. but there wasn't a great on rush of support for mitt romney where the president and democrats wanted with this convention to show people -- the policies they had been convinced weren't working. if they did that, something mitt romney is going to chip away from in the last couple of weeks. >> we were saying this is a situation where...
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what does mitt romney want to talk about when it's all over. we heard chris christie say come sunday morning, chris game time and what is it we'll be talking about. there's a great game in the country -- people have been looking for a change, they just haven't found it yet in mitt romney. he has not made the sale. we have seen a lot of presidential races where the challenger gets on the stage and the overall metrics in this case is unemployment, it's the deficits, it's the volatility of the markets, it's gas prices, where they're looking and giving romney a good, you know, once -- lookover i call it. if he can't make the sale in these debates, he's doomed. he has the opportunity to show not -- the metrics favor a challenger in a case like this, but the challenger's got to make the case. >> how about the president, does he have to have a do no harm strategy, does he have to have a solid performance and that's about it to close the deal? >> he has to do more than rope a dope to close the deal. and very well. as sotom alluded to as well. if these
what does mitt romney want to talk about when it's all over. we heard chris christie say come sunday morning, chris game time and what is it we'll be talking about. there's a great game in the country -- people have been looking for a change, they just haven't found it yet in mitt romney. he has not made the sale. we have seen a lot of presidential races where the challenger gets on the stage and the overall metrics in this case is unemployment, it's the deficits, it's the volatility of the...
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so i don't think mitt romney's losing any of that but certainly mitt romney is very cognizant of needing to still do fund-raising and getting those folks to donate so that they can have enough money to compete. >> so that's the super pac element. but in terms of camp to camp, how much is the president's camp outspending mitt romney in the swing states for advertising? >> yeah, well you can see on your screen right there, that the president's team is doubling up mitt romney in these key battleground states, when you're talking just campaign to campaign, florida, ohio, virginia. doubling up spending. and i think that that becomes very difficult if you're the romney campaign, when you're not controlling your message, you're not saying, i'm mitt romney, i approve this message, you're relying on other groups to kind of make up the difference. >> okay. domenico, as always, many thanks. >> no problem, thank you. >>> she had the nerve to ask president obama if he ever flunked a test in school. but what's the question "today" show co-host savannah guthrie wishes she could have asked after his ans
so i don't think mitt romney's losing any of that but certainly mitt romney is very cognizant of needing to still do fund-raising and getting those folks to donate so that they can have enough money to compete. >> so that's the super pac element. but in terms of camp to camp, how much is the president's camp outspending mitt romney in the swing states for advertising? >> yeah, well you can see on your screen right there, that the president's team is doubling up mitt romney in these...
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mitt romney really struggled. now he is backtracking a little bit on what he said, changing his tone and again trying to get back to his topic on the economy where he feels like he's stronger. >> but also this is the second time he's really had a foreign policy blunder. so as a candidate this is where it's very tricky as a candidate to really get into foreign policy when elections are really about domestic issues. >> okay. susan i'm going to move onto the next topic with you. it is crunch time. another new poll out today show be president obama pulling ahead of mitt romney on the economy. the "new york times" cbs poll has president obama with a one-point lead on that issue. when that issue slips away from mitt romney, what is left? do you get any sense maybe panic may be a strong word, that was suggested earlier. but inside the romney campaign, concern? >> it's not panic. i think we saw at the very beginning of the week coming from a lot of conservatives out there saying he needs to stay on message. he needs to fo
mitt romney really struggled. now he is backtracking a little bit on what he said, changing his tone and again trying to get back to his topic on the economy where he feels like he's stronger. >> but also this is the second time he's really had a foreign policy blunder. so as a candidate this is where it's very tricky as a candidate to really get into foreign policy when elections are really about domestic issues. >> okay. susan i'm going to move onto the next topic with you. it is...
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he's an old friend of mitt romney. he clearly wants mitt romney to win. he's doing whatever he can to help mitt romney win. a haoud barack said something about how president obama worked closely with the israelis and been one of the best leaders in recent times for the alliance between the united states and israel. so there are mixed signals coming out of israel in regards to the american presidential election. >> the american public has no appetite for another war. do you think saber rattling against iran and talking tough, do you think that might hurt mitt romney with voters? >> no, i don't think it will hurt mitt romney. i can't debate we have war fatigue in this country. i think americans can't sit back and watch an ambassador get slaughtered and not expect some kind of repercussions from america no matter what side of the aisle you stand on. >> megan, jonathan, ann. before i go to break, i do have time. i would like to hear your response to all of that as well. >> absolutely accurate. you know, when it comes to the jewish vote in particular in this c
he's an old friend of mitt romney. he clearly wants mitt romney to win. he's doing whatever he can to help mitt romney win. a haoud barack said something about how president obama worked closely with the israelis and been one of the best leaders in recent times for the alliance between the united states and israel. so there are mixed signals coming out of israel in regards to the american presidential election. >> the american public has no appetite for another war. do you think saber...
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mitt romney will be quite busy as well. he'll be stumping in ohio today, another big battleground state, one he needs to win in order to win the white house this year. this comes on the heels of the republican national convention. he is hoping to harness some of the momentum that he may have gotten from the republican national convention and of course that all-important speech that he gave on thursday. analysts are saying that the speech was really quite effective because it was one of the romney's most personal accounts to date but he's also getting criticism from the speech, especially from the obama campaign pointing to the fact that he didn't mention the troops in afghanistan. the romney campaign has pushed back against that saying the candidate spoke to the american legion on wednesday, a day before. i don't have to tell you the other speech that is getting a lot of attention and headlines is that speech that was delivered by clint eastwood, 82-year-old gave this performance talking to an empty chair that was meant to
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where was mitt romney? ohio and new hampshire. i kicked off his bus tour in florida, mitt romney in virginia. he'll be a nascar race in richmond, then virginia beach. but we're talking about a relatively small sliver of the population. if you add up all those undecided votes in eight states, most people estimate it will be about a million voters they are trying to sway and they'll all be in those markets. the ad wars now continuing, really ramping up the obama campaign announcing a 15 separate ads running in 8 separate states, a multimillion-dollar buy. new announce thes from the super pacs from the campaigns themselves. a lot of markets like columbus, ohio, i don't know if you remember the movie clock watch orange, they're going to be so sick of looking at these ads they'll be reaching the saturation point, but the campaign both sides stepping on the gas, the president hitting the themes he hit in the convention, trying to amplify that bounce he may get in the public opinions polls. >> our movie efish it naud dough and much more,
where was mitt romney? ohio and new hampshire. i kicked off his bus tour in florida, mitt romney in virginia. he'll be a nascar race in richmond, then virginia beach. but we're talking about a relatively small sliver of the population. if you add up all those undecided votes in eight states, most people estimate it will be about a million voters they are trying to sway and they'll all be in those markets. the ad wars now continuing, really ramping up the obama campaign announcing a 15 separate...
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mitt romney has been on the defensive since then. he softened his stance a little bit yesterday in an interview on national television where he said that the statement itself was not appropriate. he said he agrees with the white house that it was not an appropriate statement to be made. that was not the only disappointing news that the campaign got this week. latest polling here by nbc news and "the wall street journal" shows that the governor is falling further behind the president in three key swing states that may ultimately decide this election. here in the commonwealth of virginia, up in ohio, and down in florida. so yesterday, of course, governor romney was in ohio. congressman ryan was here in virginia. and then in just a little bit, alex, we're going to jump on this plane behind us and head down to florida where he's got a rally planned, congressman ryan does, in the tampa-saint pete area. they want to get back on message talking about the economy. that is their biggest weapon against the president at this moment. >> i just w
mitt romney has been on the defensive since then. he softened his stance a little bit yesterday in an interview on national television where he said that the statement itself was not appropriate. he said he agrees with the white house that it was not an appropriate statement to be made. that was not the only disappointing news that the campaign got this week. latest polling here by nbc news and "the wall street journal" shows that the governor is falling further behind the president...
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they raised so much money they can only begin to use for the general election after mitt romney became the republican presidential nominee. spending close to $5 million in eight key battleground states. all those states are states that obama won four years ago. they're releasing a total of 15 new ads there, chris, in florida the ads were specifically tailored to talk about falling real estate values. in colorado where the military
they raised so much money they can only begin to use for the general election after mitt romney became the republican presidential nominee. spending close to $5 million in eight key battleground states. all those states are states that obama won four years ago. they're releasing a total of 15 new ads there, chris, in florida the ads were specifically tailored to talk about falling real estate values. in colorado where the military